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Pub Date
19 Sep 2017

Description

If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you’d mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her?

She’s in New York.
She’s holding a torch.
And she’s taking one step forward.
But why?

In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its
frank tone and honest look at the literal foundation of our country,
Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of
America’s most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than
history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty’s right
foot is the powerful message of acceptance that is essential to an
entire country’s creation. Can you believe that?

If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you’d mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her?

She’s in New York.
She’s holding a torch. And she’s taking one step...

Description

If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you’d mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her?

She’s in New York.
She’s holding a torch.
And she’s taking one step forward.
But why?

In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its
frank tone and honest look at the literal foundation of our country,
Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of
America’s most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than
history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty’s right
foot is the powerful message of acceptance that is essential to an
entire country’s creation. Can you believe that?

Advance Praise

“Contains too many good ideas for one book to rightfully have in it.”

—Jon Klassen, Caldecott
Medal Winner

“I want to hold this book in one hand and a torch in the other and
stand on an island someplace so everyone can see.”

—Lemony Snicket

"One part stand-up routine, one part ode to the values that we as
a nation have long held dear. Funny, smart, timely, and true."

—Leonard S. Marcus,
historian, critic, and author of Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not
Stop Drawing

— Inaugural National
Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Jon Scieszka (who also said, in his
email, “I really love this book.”)

“It may be trite to call a book a love letter to America, but you read
Her Right Foot and tell me Eggers and Harris aren’t in love with
their country. You read it and tell me your heart doesn’t swell.”

—Adam Rex, author of The
True Meaning of Smekday and bestselling illustrator of The Legend of
Rock, Paper, Scissors

“The words, art, and inspiration in this wise, amusing, and
illuminating book express how looking at something familiar from a different
angle can-and must-change how we see our world’s past, present, and
future.”

—Andrew Medlar, Chicago
Public Library

"Timely, poignant, deeply meaningful and patriotic in the best
sense of the word. It is absolutely the best thing I've seen in a long
time."

“This is the important message for us all
right now. The book sheds much needed light on the true meaning of the Statue
of Liberty.”

—Myra Zarnowski, Queens
College, CUNY

“The message of acceptance is in this
moving and inspiring look at the history and meaning of the Statue of Liberty.”

—Marika McCoola, Porter
Square Books, Cambridge, MA

“Dave Eggers knows a lot about the Statue
of Liberty and you might think you do too but there is one thing he notices
during a visit with his family that will change how you look at this most
defining symbol of America forever.”

“It truly captures the profound story and the immutable truth of how
America's greatness is due in no small part to how we have historically
embraced the rich diversity of the people of the world as we welcome them in.”

—Lily
Bartels, Open Door
Books, Schenectady NY

“Contains too many good ideas for one book to rightfully have in it.”

—Jon Klassen, Caldecott
Medal Winner

“I want to hold this book in one hand and a torch in the other and stand on an...

— Inaugural National
Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Jon Scieszka (who also said, in his
email, “I really love this book.”)

“It may be trite to call a book a love letter to America, but you read
Her Right Foot and tell me Eggers and Harris aren’t in love with
their country. You read it and tell me your heart doesn’t swell.”

—Adam Rex, author of The
True Meaning of Smekday and bestselling illustrator of The Legend of
Rock, Paper, Scissors

“The words, art, and inspiration in this wise, amusing, and
illuminating book express how looking at something familiar from a different
angle can-and must-change how we see our world’s past, present, and
future.”

—Andrew Medlar, Chicago
Public Library

"Timely, poignant, deeply meaningful and patriotic in the best
sense of the word. It is absolutely the best thing I've seen in a long
time."

“This is the important message for us all
right now. The book sheds much needed light on the true meaning of the Statue
of Liberty.”

—Myra Zarnowski, Queens
College, CUNY

“The message of acceptance is in this
moving and inspiring look at the history and meaning of the Statue of Liberty.”

—Marika McCoola, Porter
Square Books, Cambridge, MA

“Dave Eggers knows a lot about the Statue
of Liberty and you might think you do too but there is one thing he notices
during a visit with his family that will change how you look at this most
defining symbol of America forever.”

“It truly captures the profound story and the immutable truth of how
America's greatness is due in no small part to how we have historically
embraced the rich diversity of the people of the world as we welcome them in.”